English Test Question and Answers – Sentence Completion

Sentence Completion – Answers are marked in Bold

“In the sentence below, there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence some pairs of words are given which are numbered (a), (b), (c), and (d). Pick out the most appropriate pair to fill in the blank in same order, to complete the sentence meaningfully.

1. Shalini was not ………. by the criticism and paid no ……… even when her best friend t talked against her.”

bothered, attention

troubled, mind

threatened, warning

deterred, heed

2. There is no glory in war …………the blood it …………

thinking, demands

considering, sheds

worth, costs

comparing, spills

3. Hitler cast a ……….. and ………… shadow upon world history.”

colossal, frightful

Herculean, gloomy

gigantic, horrifying

huge, vast

4. Somesh ………… me coming to his table, he smiled and ……….. me a chair.”

found, signaled

met, sat

looked, gave

saw, offered

5. Although the leader s life was both……….. and painful, it was not without ……….. for he had accomplished many of his goals.”

magnificent, success

happy, frustration

thrilling, ambition

arduous, satisfaction

6. Wars usually result from …………. among the parties involved and a failure to …………. them peacefully.”

doubts, dispel

hostilities, debate

frustrations, understand

disagreements, resolve

7. Though he is reputed for his technical …………, his books were sadly……… of the work of others as he lacked originality.”

advice, unconscious

skill, independent

knowledge, ignorant

expertise, derivative

8. It is ……. that those who expect …………. from others are seldom merciful themselves.”

stupid, sympathy

repulsive, compassion

strange, sincerity

paradoxical, clemency

9. He was ……….. of playing ………. and loose with the sentiments of his dearest friends.”

complained, thick

accused, tight

innocent, false

guilty, fast

10. The new Principal ………… stress on routine administration ……… than on academic matters and examination reforms.”

released, only

began, even

started, further

laid, rather

11. Nothing is so ………… to a nation as an extreme of self partiality, and the total want of ……….. of what others will naturally hope or fear.”

detrimental, concern

repugnant, sense

unethical, discretion

fatal, consideration

12. To ………… yourself from ………….. wear warm clothes. ”

prohibit, heat

protect, cold

save, heat

suffer, cold

13. She found ……… with me, that I was wanting in ………… “.

crime, wisdom

fault, intelligence

sin, ration

vice, knowledge

14. Let us ………… with due ………. that ancient India was more civilized than modern India with its satellites in space.”

admit, humility

adopt, certainty

suppose, timidness

presume, meekness

15. The ………. words of the mother comforted the ……… child.”

harsh, naughty

sweet, happy

soft, energetic

soothing, disappointed

16. Our socialism is ………. because we maintain a huge public sector without any public sector……….”

sham, economy

fraudulent, pursuit

idealistic, theory

phoney, philosophy

17. I would like to ……….. your attention to the second paragraph of my letter ………. to the terms of sale of the machinery.

invite, according

withdraw, regarding

react, mainly

draw, pertaining

18. An ………. facet of the Soviet perestroika is the search for a sweeping …… programme in foreign policy.”

essential, humanitarian

interesting, moral

important, economic

immediate, social

19. We cannot……….. such a/an …………. act of violence.

tolerate, insipid

consider, important

commit, magnificent

pardon, egregious

20. Civilisation, in the real sense of the term consists not in the ……… but in the deliberate and voluntary ………. of wants.